Decompressive surgery for severe brain edema

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 168-178

  Diedler, Jennifer ^a   Sykora, Marek ^a   Blatow, Maria ^a   Jüttler, Eric ^a   Unterberg, Andreas ^a   Hacke, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decompressive surgery; Hemicraniectomy; Intracranial hemorrhage; Malignant MCA infarction; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN EDEMA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SKULL;

EID: 65949102311     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066609332808     Document Type: Article

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